Apparently one of the desserts you get to make when you live in the South is an ice cream sandwich cake. (There are many variations of recipes, and
this video is a colorful, Southern-style presentation to watch.) I had my doubts, but this turned out to be really delicious. We made this cake in celebration of
Pentecost, which is considered the Catholic Church's birthday.
Mary's first Oreo cookies
We used store-brand ice cream sandwiches of vanilla ice cream and chocolate cookies. Our filling was homemade whipped cream mixed with crushed Oreo cookies.
The final product, frosted with plain whipped cream.
We froze the cake for about 20 minutes until it was hard, then wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it back in the freezer for a few hours until after dinner.
The children ate the leftover whipped cream-and-Oreos mixture.
I happened to have made too much whipped cream. In the past if I made too much, I dutifully got a large spoon and ate it all in one sitting because, as you know, homemade whipped cream lasts only a few hours in the refrigerator--and it would be a sin to waste! But now I have learned that
one can freeze whipped cream for up to a month. Place the dollops of whipped cream on waxed or parchment paper, then freeze.
Then wrap the dollops in plastic wrap, place inside a plastic bag, and freeze for up to a month. Now I have no reason to eat straight whipped cream with a spoon, but as I was wrapping the frozen dollops, I certainly wondered if they would taste good eaten as "cookies."
We chose not to include a layer of fruit in our cake as some recipes call for, but we did make some sugared strawberries to have on the side. We sang "Happy Birthday" to the Church. Look at those beautiful layers. It really was a delicious cake and we all raved. My stand mixer made the whipped cream for me and the rest of the assembly took five whole minutes. I'm never going to buy an expensive ice cream store cake again! (The ingredients cost about $12, which is a lot for an everyday dessert, but is far less expensive than a ice cream store cake for a special occasion.)
Apparently one of the desserts you get to make when you live in the South is an ice cream sandwich cake. (There are many variations of recipes, and this video is a colorful, Southern-style presentation to watch.) I had my doubts, but this turned out to be really delicious. We made this cake in celebration of Pentecost, which is considered the Catholic Church's birthday.
Mary's first Oreo cookies
We used store-brand ice cream sandwiches of vanilla ice cream and chocolate cookies. Our filling was homemade whipped cream mixed with crushed Oreo cookies.
The final product, frosted with plain whipped cream.
We froze the cake for about 20 minutes until it was hard, then wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it back in the freezer for a few hours until after dinner.
The children ate the leftover whipped cream-and-Oreos mixture.
I happened to have made too much whipped cream. In the past if I made too much, I dutifully got a large spoon and ate it all in one sitting because, as you know, homemade whipped cream lasts only a few hours in the refrigerator--and it would be a sin to waste! But now I have learned that one can freeze whipped cream for up to a month. Place the dollops of whipped cream on waxed or parchment paper, then freeze.
Then wrap the dollops in plastic wrap, place inside a plastic bag, and freeze for up to a month. Now I have no reason to eat straight whipped cream with a spoon, but as I was wrapping the frozen dollops, I certainly wondered if they would taste good eaten as "cookies."
We chose not to include a layer of fruit in our cake as some recipes call for, but we did make some sugared strawberries to have on the side. We sang "Happy Birthday" to the Church. Look at those beautiful layers. It really was a delicious cake and we all raved. My stand mixer made the whipped cream for me and the rest of the assembly took five whole minutes. I'm never going to buy an expensive ice cream store cake again! (The ingredients cost about $12, which is a lot for an everyday dessert, but is far less expensive than a ice cream store cake for a special occasion.)
Glad to learn that tip about whipped cream. I didn't know it could be frozen!
ReplyDelete(So far, I've never had that much left over, but I love licking the bowl and the spoon too. :) )
Ooooh, that looks SOOOOO yummy!!!!
ReplyDeletethis reminds me of an ice box cake that my stepmother makes with whipped cream and chocolate wafer cookies. Yum!
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